@lilBrowncow@chrislhayes It's not for sterilization, it was for the additional PPE, which does not protect YOU from transmission from other patients in the office. Fyi
@macgyvergirl7@chrislhayes All good and well for us dental practitioners. None of that does a thing for the pts if covid happens to be floating around in the office air.
@alisa35672444@chrislhayes Not true! Pts are at risk just by breathing the air inside the office. Covid stays in the air and alive up to 17 hours. It isn't a hospital setting. There are no negative pressure rooms. Dinky air purifiers or fancy suction devices WON'T DO A THING AGAINST COVID
@katekkardashian@chrislhayes The issue is that covid is airborne and stays suspended and ALIVE in the air for up to 17 hours, so YOU and anyone else who steps foot into the office could be exposed if one single pt presents with covid.
@chrislhayes@biannagolodryga But YOU'RE not safe. Bacteria from your mouth and every other pts mouth stay in the air for hours. If someone with covid was in the office, everyone else is exposed.
@chrislhayes I'm a single mom, 2 kids, had to walk away from my hygiene job of 8 years because it isn't safe. Not just for myself but for my patients. Actually, I'd advise you to isolate for 14 days now.
@OHdeptofhealth "Dental Hygienists Across The Nation Get Railroaded By The ADA And Other Governing Bodies That Dentists Can Buy: A Memoir Of The American Hygienists"
@60Minutes do a story on hygienists and what we were thrown into since CV19. We NEED help. We need mandates for PPE (not just recs) we need rapid tests. People need to see what we're being asked to do! fogged after every pt with Lysol, reusing PPE, pts breathing in aerosols, etc
@OHdeptofhealth@GovMikeDeWine@DrAmyActon@OhioDentalAssoc here's my O2 sat n ❤rate after 8 hours in an n95. Im a dent hyg. I have asthma. I'll be safe but my pts won't. "Stay home then" doesn't count for single moms. Not elig for CARES cuz ODA lobbied against it. #NDHM2020